Can print to nearby network printers (preset, use control/p to send print job enter guest ID number from cards available at Circulation, Reference, and Help Desk Services – no password required to be entered) . See print release station instructions.

Ladd Library has a least one kiosk on each of the four floors. There are three stand up work stations located next to the Reserve counter, 1st floor. The three kiosks located across from the Reference counter have stools to sit at, as well as others located by Help Desk Services, Periodicals, and three in the Audio dept., ground floor. Each of the upper floors has a workstation with a stool located at either end of the floors, and two located on the ground floor (in Govenment Publications and Micromedia areas). Other buildings have kiosks for quick online access to the internet (and Bates Gmail): New Commons,Chase Hall, Libbey Forum, and the Dunn Guest House.

These computers do not require a Bates User Account to login and access the limited functionality.

NOTE:Guests and Community members wishing to print from a kiosk (online federal or state government publications, for example) please SEE a staff member at either at Circulation, Reference, or Help Desk Services desks to borrow a print card.

Cookies are little pieces of information that web sites store on your computer.

B. Common scams:

“phishing” Banks and major e-commerce sites will never ask you for credit card or account information. Even if the communication or web address looks valid. If you are unsure, contact the company first before responding.

Some phishers use foreign character sets to create URLs close enough to fool users into thinking they’re on the real site.

Make sure the site you’re logging on to is really www.paypal.com and not www.paypäl.com.

D. Instant Messages:

IM is not secure. Don’t type anything in an IM you wouldn’t want posted on a bulletin board next to the highway.

Messages are saved on the host servers for a period of time, and may be accessed by others.

E. Online shopping:

Use a major credit card, not a bank card to buy things online. A credit card is more vigilant about fraudulent purchases than a bank card.

Consider opening a PayPal account if you want to use Ebay or shop at questionable websites, to protect your banking information.

Review bank statements and verify if there are any questionable transactions. If there are, contact your credit card company and bank as soon as possible.

Try and keep to major, well regarded web sites.

Make sure that you use secure transactions when entering personal information and credit card information.
the url will start with https:// rather than http:// if the site is secure

Read all information carefully before pressing the submit button. Sometimes a check box can offer to opt you OUT of receiving sales or marketing email.

Look for the privacy policy. Some companies will sell their contact lists to everyone and actually state their in their Privacy Policy. Look at the small print.

F. Web viruses:

One way of spreading Internet viruses other than email is to have a user click on a button on a webpage that will download the virus code to the user’s computer and automatically run the virus code, infecting the computer. These buttons are also put inside email messages. Sometimes the button is labelled “Unsubscribe me from this mailing list” or “To unsubscribe from this list, click here”. DON’T click the button.

Even if this is not a virus trap, many mailing list companies take any response to their message as proof that they have reached a “live” email address. This may mean that you get put on more mailing lists and get more SPAM messages.

Save the file to your Desktop and once the download and extraction process is complete, double click the installer icon to run the program (accompanying screen shots refer to a Windows XP installation).

B. After the installer file has been uncompressed, select Next from the Firefox Setupdialog box.

Accept the license agreement and select Next

At the Setup Type dialogue box, accept the Standard setup, which is the default installation type, and click Next

Accept the default Location, and click Next to complete the installation

C. When installation is completed,

Uncheck, Use Firefox Start as my Home Page (if upgrading, current homepage will be imported)

Leave checked, Launch Mozilla Firefox..

Select Finish from the Install Complete dialogue box. Firefox will now start for the first time and allow you choose it as your default web browser (you can check to ask each time or not).

D. Next Firefox Import Wizardwill detect your system’s browsers. To import the settings and data,select the radio button. For a new installation do not import anything, for an upgrade choose previous version if listed.

Click Next

You will be prompted when the import process has been completed.
Click Finish

E. Extension and Themes:

Firefox 3.6.x includes addons to personalize your browser in look and function.

Personas wrap the frame of the browser window in a color or background.

Themes can be chosen for how to display the toolbar or dashboard in pattern, order, and by categories (sports, scifi, etc.).